Good point Stephen, last year we switched our home to electricity sourced from a wind farm and this year switched our two family cars to biodiesel and biopetrol (new servo in Boronia). Its something we can do now to make a huge impact on our family greenhouse gas production.
<br><br>Still, a friend was at pains to point out that not only do we need to make my life more sustainable and reduce our eco-footprint, we need to also think about reversing the debt made by ignoring the warnings for the past few decades. (sigh). If we think of the damage caused by all our schools, not just today but over the last couple of decades, then the mind boggles.
<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 25/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephen Digby</b> <<a href="mailto:digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">digby.stephen.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The "inconvenient solution' to the planetary problems that
beset us is of course "sustainability".</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The planetary problem lies in the cross-cultural
pervasiveness of the deadly enemies of sustainability - "growth" and
"development".</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Unfortunately, the "haves" in all human societies preserve
their position only by encouraging the "have nots" to fantasise that they will
benefit eventually from growth and development. The aspirations of the
common people in China and India are likely to accelerate this planetary
destruction. The "developed" world is still in denial thinking of more and
more irresponsible ways to achieve the ludicrous goal of "sustainable
growth".</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Politicians get ever more strident as they want you to
accept props to the continued insanity of growth such as nuclear power, recycled
water, ever higher density housing, These "developments" are far
more like a desperate fix for a addiction, than ecologically desirable and
sustainable improvements from the planet.</font></span></div>
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<p><font size="2">======================================================================================<br>Stephen
Digby, Learning Technology Manager<br><a href="mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au</a> <br>Cheltenham
Secondary College <a href="http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au</a> Ph: 613 955 55 955 Fx: 9555
8617<br>======================================================================================<br> </font>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roland
Gesthuizen<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 25 February 2007 1:37 AM<br><b>To:</b>
Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Offtopic] galloping glaciers<br></font><br></div><div><span class="e" id="q_110f662bfe6b3392_1">
<div></div>Golly Stephen, also seems to be getting a lot thinner. I wish more of
our schools were sustainable and don't understand why we are not taking more
steps in that direction.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 24/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:stephen@melbpc.org.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen@melbpc.org.au</a></b> <<a href="mailto:stephen@melbpc.org.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
stephen@melbpc.org.au</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">A
glacier in Norway ..<br><br><<a href="http://envisense.org/glacsweb/photos/briks-panos/index.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://envisense.org/glacsweb/photos/briks-panos/index.html
</a>><br><br>Regards
people<br>Stephen Loosley<br>Victoria <br>Australia<br><br>Message sent using
MelbPC WebMail
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead